selected publications

• academic article

  • Integrated Land Use and Urban Function Impacts on Land Surface Temperature: Implications on Urban Heat Mitigation in Berlin with Eight-Type Spaces.  Sustainable Cities and Society.  83:103944-103944. 2022
  • Urban change as an untapped opportunity for climate adaptation.  npj Urban Sustainability.  1. 2021
  • On the Spatial Patterns of Urban Thermal Conditions Using Indoor and Outdoor Temperatures.  Remote Sensing.  13:640-640. 2021
  • Green growth? On the relation between population density, land use and vegetation cover fractions in a city using a 30-years Landsat time series.  Landscape and Urban Planning.  202:103857-103857. 2020
  • Neighbourhood character affects the spatial extent and magnitude of the functional footprint of urban green infrastructure.  Landscape Ecology.  35:1605-1618. 2020
  • Mapping heat and traffic stress of urban park vegetation based on satellite imagery - A comparison of Bucharest, Romania and Leipzig, Germany.  Urban Ecosystems.  23:363-377. 2020
  • Why Do(n’t) People Move When They Get Older? Estimating the Willingness to Relocate in Diverse Ageing Cities.  Urban planning.  4:53-69. 2019
  • Compact or spread? A quantitative spatial model of urban areas in Europe since 1990.  PLOS ONE.  13:e0192326-e0192326. 2018
  • Integrative assessment of climate change for fast-growing urban areas: Measurement and recommendations for future research.  PLOS ONE.  12:e0189451-e0189451. 2017
  • The impact of urban regrowth on the built environment.  Urban Studies.  54:2683-2700. 2016
  • Nature-based solutions for the contemporary city/Re-naturing the city/Reflections on urban landscapes, ecosystems services and nature-based solutions in cities/Multifunctional green infrastructure and climate change adaptation: brownfield greening as an adaptation strategy for vulnerable communities?/Delivering green infrastructure through planning: insights from practice in Fingal, Ireland/Planning for biophilic cities: from theory to practice.  Planning Theory & Practice.  17:267-300. 2016
  • Zooming into temperature conditions in the city of Leipzig: How do urban built and green structures influence earth surface temperatures in the city?.  Science of The Total Environment.  496:289-298. 2014
  • Integration of ecosystem services in spatial planning: a survey on regional planners’ views.  Landscape Ecology.  29:1287-1300. 2014
  • Assessing climate impacts of planning policies—An estimation for the urban region of Leipzig (Germany).  Environmental Impact Assessment Review.  31:97-111. 2011
  • Omnipresent Sprawl? A Review of Urban Simulation Models with Respect to Urban Shrinkage.  Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design.  37:265-283. 2010
  • Does urban sprawl drive changes in the water balance and policy?.  Landscape and Urban Planning.  80:1-13. 2007

• chapter

  • The Effects of Greening Cities on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.  Springer eBooks. 2055-2073. 2022